by Merianna Harrelson | Apr 14, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
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by Tony W. Cartledge | Apr 12, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
Want to start an argument with a group of grammarians? Just bring up the subject of exclamation points, and the verbal sparring will begin. SOCK!! WHAM!! POW!! Grammar purists and most writers argue for self-restraint. Mark Twain, in an 1895 essay on writing funny...
by Ron Rolheiser | Apr 10, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
The earth was dark twice. Once at the original creation before God first created light. But later there was an even deeper darkness, on Good Friday, between the sixth and ninth hour, when we were crucifying God, and as Jesus dying on the cross cried out “My God, my...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Apr 5, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
The Christmas narratives in the Bible are unique, but not conflicted like the resurrection narratives. Yes, we typically conflate the timeline by placing the Matthean magi who arrived from somewhere in the distant darkness bearing gifts alongside the Lukan shepherds...
by Kali Cawthon-Freels | Jun 13, 2022 | Opinion
This year has been an exciting one for me. Most notably, I published my first book, Reclamation: A Queer Pastor’s Guide to Finding Spiritual Growth in the Passages Used to Harm Us. Honestly, I’m still in disbelief that my words are out in the world, bound,...
